Contract Digital Product Manager vacancy in Hybrid - National - 2 days per week on site (334lw)

Contract Digital Product Manager vacancy in Hybrid - National - 2 days per week on site (334lw)

Location: Hybrid - National - 2 days per week on site

Senior Digital Product Manager 9-Month Contract | National | Hybrid - 2 Days Per Week On-Site

Are you an experienced leader who knows how to turn complex user requirements, strategic objectives and operational challenges into successful digital products?

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Digital Product Manager to join a major government digital transformation programme, providing strategic product leadership across multiple products and multidisciplinary delivery teams.

This is an opportunity to take ownership beyond an individual delivery team, shaping product strategy, influencing senior stakeholders and ensuring digital services deliver meaningful outcomes for their users.

We're particularly interested in individuals who can combine strategic thinking with practical leadership, bringing teams together, developing product management capability in others and navigating complex environments where priorities, risks and demands are constantly evolving.

The Role

As a Senior Digital Product Manager, you will be responsible for the quality, direction and ongoing development of multiple digital products, or particularly complex and sensitive products.

You'll use your understanding of user needs, business objectives, technology and data to identify opportunities, frame problems and establish clear priorities for delivery teams.

Working alongside senior leadership and multidisciplinary teams, you'll help shape product strategy, drive continuous improvement and ensure products deliver against their intended business outcomes.

A key part of the position will be providing leadership and guidance to other Product Managers, helping develop their skills, strengthen product management practices and establish consistency across multiple teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic product leadership across multiple products, teams and delivery areas.
• Develop, maintain and evolve product strategies and roadmaps, ensuring alignment with wider organisational objectives.
• Lead products through their full lifecycle, selecting the right approaches, tools and techniques at each stage.
• Coach, mentor and develop Product Managers, building product management capability and improving practices across teams.
• Lead and champion Agile and Lean ways of working, encouraging innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Translate complex user needs and business requirements into clear product priorities and achievable outcomes.
• Use user research, performance data and evidence to inform decisions, measure success and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders, constructively challenging assumptions and managing competing priorities.
• Ensure product decisions deliver measurable value, linking ongoing delivery back to business cases and strategic benefits.
• Identify, manage and mitigate risks, constraints and operational challenges before they impact delivery.
• Act as an escalation point for significant operational issues, championing effective operational management.
• Build problem-solving capability within teams, empowering others to make informed decisions and take ownership.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who can operate confidently at a senior strategic level while retaining a practical understanding of how digital products are developed, delivered and continuously improved.

• Significant experience in senior digital product management or product leadership.
• Experience leading across multiple products, teams or complex delivery environments, rather than working solely within one delivery team.
• A strong track record of coaching, mentoring and developing other Product Managers.
• Experience defining product strategies, setting priorities and aligning teams around shared outcomes.
• Advanced understanding of digital technology, data and service design principles.
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Lean methodologies and the ability to lead teams through effective delivery practices.
• Experience managing the full product lifecycle, from understanding user needs through to ongoing operational management.
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders and navigating complex organisational structures.
• An evidence-led approach to decision-making, using user research, performance information and measurable outcomes.
• Experience managing competing priorities, operational risks and delivery constraints.
• The ability to build business cases, realise benefits and demonstrate the value delivered by products.

Particularly Relevant Backgrounds – Ex-Military & Defence Professionals

We would particularly welcome applications from former military professionals and service leavers who have transitioned into, or gained experience in, digital product management, technology transformation or strategic delivery.

• Defence Digital and technology-enabled transformation.
• Digital capability development and strategic technology programmes.
• Portfolio, programme and product leadership.
• Leading complex technical teams and multidisciplinary workforces.
• Requirements management and translating operational user needs into technical solutions.
• Introducing new ways of working, improving processes and driving organisational change.
• Coaching, mentoring and developing other leaders and technical professionals.
• Managing operational risk, competing priorities and complex stakeholder relationships.

Your military background is valuable, but what matters most is your ability to demonstrate genuine senior product leadership, digital understanding and experience developing product management capability across multiple teams.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to bring your leadership and strategic experience into a significant public sector digital transformation programme.

You'll have the scope to influence product direction, shape how teams work, develop other product professionals and ensure important digital services continue to evolve around the needs of their users.

For someone who enjoys solving complex problems, influencing at senior level and bringing people together to deliver meaningful outcomes, this is an excellent opportunity to make an impact.

Contract Details

• Position: Senior Digital Product Manager
• Contract Length: Initial 9 months
• Location: National
• Working Arrangement: Hybrid - approximately 2 days per week on-site
• Contract: Inside IR35
• Engagement: Umbrella or PAYE